Early Snowfall Gives
Colorado Ski Resorts
Lift as Season Opens

Nearly four feet of snow last week blanketed the Colorado Rockies, helping set up the state's ski resorts for a potentially busy holiday season.

As of mid-November, eight Colorado resorts were open with powder and packed-powder conditions and midmountain base depths of 35 inches, nearly double the base depths that the state's resorts had a year...